Basics of reading sheet music

Basics of reading sheet music #shorts

[snow.addictt]

I'm trying to learn how to read sheet music but this is so hard 🤣

[cathycole]

If you want to show the basics of how to read sheet music, you have to start as though the people watching don't know what a note, a clef, or a signature is. The basics of reading that... those black things shaped like letter p or d (colored in black) are the notes. They go fast, because of those two lines under (or above) them. Dynamic markings do not tell you how to play the tunes..it tells you loud or quiet. Notes are written on a staff (those horizontal groups of five lines.) the top staff is notes higher and the bottom staff is notes lower. You read left to right. The notes go up toward the top of the page or down toward the bottom of the page. Toward the top of the page means you play or sing high (as in not loud, but as in what sounds like a "girl's" voice or a bird tweet. Lower notes are as in a man's voice or a lion's roar. Those are the basics they need to know first. Time signature is telling you how the rhythms are divided into beats.

[AceWithAMace]

Ah, yes, the most entry-level level sheet music

[ngocchaunguyen]

I remember my piano teacher made me do this whenever before we started a new piece. He made me sit down and read the sheet and explain to him. Personally, I think it is very helpful. I miss those old days!

[leprechaun]

When I was at my elementary school, they always taught this but we never really play any instrument. There's no point of 6 years learning all of this and forgot everything in just a matter of minutes until you apply it in real life. Welp, time to teach myself again with instruments now. Thank you for this!

[natalieimtooPRO]

been playing music for a little over a year now, and im starting to get so much better at just sight reading without having to write in notes. took a lot of practice and everything but im glad i got so far!!! this summer im going to be teaching my boyfriend how to read music and play my clarinet :)

[sunlover]

Reading sheet music is fundamental, especially for classical music but jeeze!, its like working on a scientific formula!, and reading a foreign language at one time plus all the "dynamics" makes it look conplicated. People who can read all of that AND play at the same time have phenomenal eyesight and paitence and deserve an applaude.

[JesseWilliamsGaming]

I think I'm leaving this video more confused than when I started lol

[noteman]

This video helped form the basic foundation of what I now know. What I have learned is that the acronyms are great to start out but after a while, it is important to just see the notes as they are placed on the instrument. I am taking AP music theory in my school this year and I’m both excited and incredibly nervous about it hahaha. Thanks for the help!

[parkercasteel]

Currently learning sheet music to play piano at church the old gospel songs are fun to play on the piano

[nohuman]

I'm in front of my new piano, bought it yesterday, I'm watching this and I'm just contemplating this shit, maybe it wasn't such a good idea

[rvmnx]

been playing for about 2 years now, but only learning through synthesia videos. i can play some rach, chopin, scriabin and stuff but at some point i need to learn sheet.

this video made me think, oh nah, maybe ill give it a try next year :D

[faded]

Guys don’t give up, just think of like a school band, and you’re a beginner you’ll suck at first but progress thru out time

[DeltaEditor]

When I saw this music sheet by dreams of becoming a piano player got vanished

[kaleiajames]

I’m a senior in high school and this is my 4th year in choir, and I don’t know how to read music cuz I guess I haven’t been in there long enough because my choir teacher hasn’t taught us how to read music, and now I’m stuck following everyone else who knows how and people don’t know I can’t read music because it’d just be too embarrassing to share considering how long I’ve been in choir and that I’m older than some of them👀😅

[zevieisenberger]

awesome i now understand how little i understand😩

[GB-of-Anonymous]

My 3 minutes tutorial:

The most important thing in sheet music is knowing the tones. Bass and Treble clef intersect at the middle c (the one under the piano company's name), (c is always left of the black key twins) Bass clef has the c on the first ledger line in the upper half, while Treble clef has it on the first ledger line in the lower half. If you go up (one white key further in the right-hand side direction), the note increases by one letter in the alphabet, until g then it starts again from a, if you go down (One white key in left-hand side direction) the note decreases by one letter in the alphabet. The only important thing there is left is, that one step into one direction goes not from line to line or space to space, but from line to space or space to line, depending on your current note. Black keys are made available by sharps and flats, usually only used when a black note is right next to your key (exceptions are not relevant for beginners, but if there is no black key next to the white key notated, use the next white key). A flat means the black key left to the white key notated should be played, while a sharp means the black key right to it us to be played (of course not A flat and A sharp, but a flat and a sharp, but I had to use capital A in the beginning, since the sentence started) Dynamics are completely unimportant for beginers, but the more "p"s, the quieter (you won't want any attention when making peepee, right), the more "f"s the louder. Note lenght is a bit more important, but in the end there is one rule of thumb, that being the more ink, the shorter the note, the less ink the longer the note, but I'd recommend learning how notes from a 16th to a whole note look, including the meaning of dotted (not staccato) notes.

[BeefyBryan]

Me realizing that music is another language..🤪

[israelgabriel]

Small request, would u use your pencil to point at what you refuring to, its easeir for me to see your point 😅

[chrisbliss]

Thank you that's all I needed I'm all set 🤣